Mooney M20K N3983H

Summary

On 28 December 1994 at about 21:17 local time, a Mooney M20K registered N3983H was involved in an accident near Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 December 1994 at 21:17

Classification

Accident

Location

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Crystal (MIC)

Coordinates

44.8794, -93.1991

Aircraft

Mooney M20K

Registration

N3983H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Rockford

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI95LA058

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's misjudging of distance and airspeed during the approach to landing which resulted in an overrun. Factors associated with the accident were the separation of the exhaust pipe and the pilot's not understanding communications from the air traffic control tower.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF AT AN ALTITUDE OF 200 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND LOST POWER. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS INITIALLY CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23R FOLLOWED BY A CLEARANCE TO LAND ON ANY RUNWAY. HE STATED HE DID NOT INITIALLY UNDERSTAND THAT HE WAS CLEARED FOR ANY RUNWAY SO HE SET UP TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23R. HE STATED HE WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY BUT HE CONTINUED THE LANDING. THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP AFTER CONTACTING AN AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE. A POST ACCIDENT TEST RUN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED IT PRODUCED POWER TO 2700 RPM. THE ONLY ANOMALY FOUND WAS A SEPARATION OF THE #6 CYLINDER EXHAUST PIPE NEAR ITS ENGINE MOUNTING FLANGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.